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Bullets survive scare to beat Mafco 1-2 (2-5 on aggregate) in the Airtel Top 8 ; To meet Wanderers in the semi-finals

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Bullets survive scare to beat Mafco 1-2 (2-5 on aggregate) in the Airtel Top 8 ; To meet Wanderers in the semi-finals

By Staff Reporter


Nyasa Big Bullets survived a scare as they came from behind to beat Salima-based Mafco FC 1-2 in the Airtel Top 8 quarter-final tie that took place at Chitowe Stadium on Sunday.

The home side started brightly and broke the deadlock 18 minutes in the first half when Paul Phiri’s strike found the back of Ernest Kakhobwe’s net.

Mafco kept pressurising to get the second goal inorder to keep themselves in the competition, but Bullets’ defence made it possible to prevent the soldiers from scoring.

However Bullets remained calm and netted two goals in the second half through Nigerian born striker Babatunde Adepoju.

Adepoju who netted two goals when The People’s team beat Mafco 3-1 in the first leg, was again the hero of the day when he scored the most important goals.

The former Masters Security FC striker scored from a rebound in the 80th minute after Chiukepo Msowoya’s header was denied by the upright before scoring from the penalty sport in 98th minute after Msowoya was fouled inside the six yard box.

After the game Mafco’s Paul Phiri was voted man of the match and received K50,000 from Airtel.

Following the win Bullets will now face their sworn rivals Mighty Wanderers in the semi-finals on a date to be announced by the Football Association.

Wanderers booked themselves a place in the semis when they came from a goal down in the first leg to beat Moyale Barracks 5-4 on post-match penalties in the second leg encounter.

Airtel Top 8 semi-final draw at Chitowe stadium
Man of the match, Mafco’s Paul Phiri

Move with haste- chiefs in Karonga asks Ministry of Justice

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Move with haste- chiefs in Karonga asks Ministry of Justice

By Emmanuel Moyo

Chiefs in Karonga have lobbied with Ministry of Justice to move with haste on drafting of electoral law reform bills saying it key in preventing post-election violence.

This came to light on Friday when Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) had an engagement with traditional leaders and faith leaders in the district.

In an interview, Traditional Authority (TA) Kilupula described moving with haste in the ministry as a tool in helping the country attain peace.
“Our request to the Ministry of Justice is that they should not delay gratification in the way of treating issues that come at their table, if this can be done before the next election takes place, it can help Malawi at large to have peace after elections,” he said.

Traditional Authority (TA) Kilupula

On his part, Advocancy on Governance Officer for EAM, Matchona Phiri, said likelihood of having electoral violence is compounded when there are challenges around the Electoral Laws.
“Our interest is peace and we believe the likelihood of electoral violence in the country is compounded when there are challenges around laws, so we found it wise to engage traditional and faith leaders.
“The engagement was to appraise them on the progress being made and call on them to begin to take a stand in pushing relevant stakeholders that when these bills or proposals come before their desk to quickly work on the drafting and that members of parliament should enact them and finally the president to assent to them,” he said.

Phiri has since described faith and church leaders as critical stakeholders saying they are the ones who receive both victims and perpetrators of electoral violence hence they cannot afford taking a back seat.
Some of the electoral bills to be reviewed are transitional arrangements, electoral commission, and amendments bills.

Goalkeeper William Thole scores winning penalty as Wanderers beat Moyale 5-4 in Airtel Top 8 shootout

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Goalkeeper William Thole scores winning penalty as Wanderers beat Moyale 5-4 in Airtel Top 8 shootout

By Staff Reporter


Goalkeeper William Thole was Mighty Wanderers’ goalscoring hero as the Lali Lubani side beat Moyale Barracks 5-4 on penalties to progress to the Airtel Top 8 semifinals in a match that took place at Chitowe Stadium on Saturday.

The former Tigers goalkeeper scored the only goal of the match in regulation time from the penalty sport after a Moyale Barracks defender handled the ball in the box.

Thole came back to hit the back of the net again from the sport after he was trusted to play the last penalty for Wanderers during the penalty shootout.

Moyale Barracks came in the game with a goal advantage having beaten Wanderers 1-0 during the first leg at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre and man of the moment Lloyd Njaliwa scored the only goal of the match.

With Moyale winning the first leg 1-0 and Wanderers winning the second leg with the same margin, the match had to go into the penalty shootout.

Njaliwa went from a hero to a villain after missing the first penalty for the Lions of Kaning’ina to end the match 5-4 in favour of the visiting side.

Moyale scored their penalties through Raphael Phiri, Deus Nkutu, Topicho Njewa and Sandras Munthali

On the other hand Alfred Manyozo Junior, Peter Cholopi, Stanley Sanudi , Francis Mkonda and Thole scored for Wanderers.

In the Airtel Top 8 on Sunday, Nyasa Big Bullets will be away against Mafco FC at the same venue.

The People’s team won the first leg 3-1 at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre.

Police sends Commissioner Stan Kaliza on Forced Leave to investigate his sexual misconduct

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Police sends Commissioner Stan Kaliza on Forced Leave to investigate his sexual misconduct

Stan Kaliza, the Police Commissioner and head of Recruitment at the centre of controversy for allegedly sleeping with over 50 Junior officers in exchange with Job promotions has been sent on force leave

In a latest Press statement from The Malawi Police Service (MPS),the force has commenced investigations into social media reports suggesting sexual misconduct committed by the Commissioner responsible for Human Resource, Management and Development, Mr. Stan Kaliza.

Malawi Police National PRO ACP James Kadadzera has said that this has happened following WhatsApp screenshots that went viral on social media this week.

The Police Statement says that when the investigations are concluded, the matter will be reffered to the Police Service Commission which has, under the Police Act, the mandate of disciplining senior police officers.

Meanwhile, the concerned Commissioner has been sent on forced leave to pave way for the
investigations.

However social media has been awash with memes ,with some providing stats of his conquests in a similar manner to the reporting of th Corona virus cases. It is reported that Kaliza might have more that 100 victims

NatureKit donates 30 desks at Nkhanga primary school

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NatureKit donates 30 desks at Nkhanga primary school

By Chisomo Phiri

In an effort to promote quality education in the country, Kasungu-based non-govenmental organization, NatureKit on Wednesday donated 30 desks at Nkhanga primary school of mbambo village, Sub-Traditional Authority ( STA )chisinga in kasungu.

Speaking after the donation,programs coordinator, Nebert Mtika said the donation was a reaction to the school management’s request indicating that the school has been operating for years without desks in all eight classes.

Mtika said the desks will now ease some of the challenges that the learners at the school face during learning and provide conducive learning environment for the them.
” I hope the the desks will definitely provide a better learning environment to the learners. Sitting on the floor is very tiring and reduces concentration in learners. We hope that this donation has come at the right time for them”, he said.

Mtika called on government and other well-wishers to emulate what NatureKit has done and rescue over 700 learners who are sitting on the floor when learning.
” At Naturekit, we have managed to donate 30 desks and we know they are not enough. We are therefore, calling for more well-wishers to come in and support the school which has about 700 learners in total”, said Mtika.

In her remarks, one of the school teachers Zelifa Chimwala commended Naturekit for the donation saying this will now help learners at the school to work and improve on their daily attendances.
Chimwala also called on other well-wishers to join the move and support the school with desks in all classes saying this is the only way where learners can work hard in their classes.
” To say the truth, this challenge is contributing to poor attendance among the learners. We are experiencing low class attendances because of this challenge as most of the time, the learners do not feel comfortable sitting on the floor while learning.
We are very happy that Naturekit has done its part in supporting us, we feel honored with the donation and we are calling on other well-wishers to do what Naturekit has done”, said Chimawala.

Naturekit is is a youth-led organization which tackles issues pertaining to environmental conservation with an aim of changing youths and community mindset towards environmental conservation so as to support biodiversity and ecosystem.
The donation was made possible with the financial support from umunthu movement and Evodrop.

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